frumpish
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]frumpish (comparative more frumpish, superlative most frumpish)
- Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
- women in frumpish dresses
- (dated) Bad-tempered.
Usage notes
[edit]- In the sense of being poorly dressed, used to describe women more often than men.